"fantasy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfæntəsi/, /ˈfæntəzi/ Audio: en-us-fantasy.ogg Forms: fantasies [plural]
Etymology: Noun inherited from Middle English fantasie, from Old French fantasie (“fantasy”), from Latin phantasia (“imagination”), from Ancient Greek φαντασία (phantasía, “apparition”), from φαντάζω (phantázō, “to render visible”), from φαντός (phantós, “visible”), from φαίνω (phaínō, “to make visible”); from the same root as φάος (pháos, “light”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti, from the root *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”). Doublet of fancy, fantasia, phantasia, and phantasy. Verb from Middle English fantasien, from Old French fantasier. Doublet of fancy. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰeh₂-|id=shine}}, {{glossary|inherited}} inherited, {{inh|en|enm|fantasie|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English fantasie, {{inh+|en|enm|fantasie|nocap=1}} inherited from Middle English fantasie, {{der|en|fro|fantasie||fantasy}} Old French fantasie (“fantasy”), {{der|en|la|phantasia||imagination}} Latin phantasia (“imagination”), {{der|en|grc|φαντασία||apparition}} Ancient Greek φαντασία (phantasía, “apparition”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰh₂nyéti}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti, {{doublet|en|fancy|fantasia|phantasia|phantasy}} Doublet of fancy, fantasia, phantasia, and phantasy, {{inh|en|enm|fantasien}} Middle English fantasien, {{der|en|fro|fantasier}} Old French fantasier, {{doublet|en|fancy}} Doublet of fancy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fantasy (countable and uncountable, plural fantasies)
  1. That which comes from one's imagination. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Genres Translations (that which comes from one's imagination): خَيَال (ḵayāl) [masculine] (Arabic), երևակայություն (erewakayutʻyun) (Armenian), ֆանտազիա (fantazia) (Armenian), фанта́зія (fantázija) [feminine] (Belarusian), выабражэ́нне (vyabražénnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), уяўле́нне (ujaŭljénnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), вы́мысел (výmysjel) [masculine] (Belarusian), въображе́ние (vǎobražénie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), фанта́зия (fantázija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), fantasia [feminine] (Catalan), 幻想 (huànxiǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), 空想 (kōngxiǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), fantazie [feminine] (Czech), výmysl [masculine] (Czech), fantasi [common-gender] (Danish), fantasie (Dutch), fantazio (Esperanto), kuvittelu (Finnish), kuvitelma (Finnish), mielikuva (Finnish), fantaisie [feminine] (French), imaginaire [masculine] (French), fantasme [masculine] (French), Fantasie [feminine] (German), Phantasie [feminine] (German), कल्पना (kalpanā) [feminine] (Hindi), काल्पनिक (kālpanik) (Hindi), agyszülemény (Hungarian), fantázia (Hungarian), fantazio (Ido), fantasia [feminine] (Italian), 幻想 (gensō) (alt: げんそう) (Japanese), 空想 (kūsō) (alt: くうそう) (Japanese), ファンタジー (fantajī) (Japanese), 狂想 (kyōsō) (Japanese), қиял (qiäl) (Kazakh), 환상 (hwansang) (alt: 幻想) (Korean), 공상 (gongsang) (Korean), 상상 (sangsang) (Korean), 판타지 (pantaji) (Korean), кыял (kıyal) (Kyrgyz), somnium [neuter] (Latin), فانتزی (fântezi) (Persian), خیال (xeyâl) (Persian), fantazja [feminine] (Polish), wyobraźnia [feminine] (Polish), wymysł [masculine] (Polish), fantasia [feminine] (Portuguese), fantezie [feminine] (Romanian), фанта́зия (fantázija) [feminine] (Russian), воображе́ние (voobražénije) [neuter] (Russian), вы́мысел (výmysel) [masculine] (Russian), fantázia [feminine] (Slovak), predstava [feminine] (Slovak), fantazija [feminine] (Slovene), fantasía [feminine] (Spanish), fantasi [common-gender] (Swedish), хаёл (xayol) (Tajik), ความเพ้อฝัน (Thai), การฝันเฟื่อง (Thai), hayal (Turkish), фанта́зія (fantázija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), уя́ва (ujáva) [feminine] (Ukrainian), уя́влення (ujávlennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), ви́мисел (výmysel) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ви́гадка (výhadka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ви́гад (výhad) [masculine] (Ukrainian), xayol (Uzbek), fantaziya (Uzbek)
    Sense id: en-fantasy-en-noun-iRGo9U1s Disambiguation of Genres: 20 31 1 29 8 1 10 0 Disambiguation of "that which comes from one's imagination": 79 8 0 13
  2. (literature) The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Literature, Genres Translations (literary genre): fantazi [feminine] (Albanian), فَنْتَازِيَا (fantāziyā) [feminine] (Arabic), ֆենտեզի (fentezi) (Armenian), ֆանտաստիկա (fantastika) (Armenian), фэ́нтэзі (féntezi) [feminine] (Belarusian), фанта́стыка (fantástyka) [feminine] (Belarusian), фе́нтъзи (féntǎzi) [neuter] (Bulgarian), fantasia [feminine] (Catalan), 奇幻 (qíhuàn) (Chinese Mandarin), fantasy [feminine] (Czech), fantasy (Dutch), fantasia (Finnish), fantasiakirjallisuus (Finnish), fantaisie [feminine] (French), fantasy [feminine] (French), ფენტეზი (penṭezi) (Georgian), ფანტასტიკა (panṭasṭiḳa) (Georgian), Fantasy [feminine] (German), Fantastik [feminine] (German), Phantastik [feminine] (German), φαντασία (fantasía) [feminine] (Greek), λογοτεχνία του φανταστικού (logotechnía tou fantastikoú) [feminine] (Greek), कल्पना (kalpanā) [feminine] (Hindi), काल्पनिक (kālpanik) (Hindi), fantasy [masculine] (Italian), ファンタジー (fantajī) (Japanese), 판타지 (pantaji) (Korean), paki pohewa (Maori), فانتزی (fântezi) (Persian), fantasy [neuter] (Polish), fantasia [feminine] (Portuguese), literatură fantastică [feminine] (Romanian), фанта́стика (fantástika) [feminine] (Russian), фэ́нтези (fɛ́ntɛzi) [neuter] (Russian), fantastika [feminine] (Slovene), fantazija [feminine] (Slovene), fantasia (Swahili), fantasy (Swedish), แฟนตาซี (Thai), จินตนิมิต (Thai), фе́нтезі (féntezi) [neuter] (Ukrainian), фанта́стика (fantástyka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-fantasy-en-noun-iN0095xo Disambiguation of Genres: 20 31 1 29 8 1 10 0 Topics: literature, media, publishing Disambiguation of 'literary genre': 8 71 0 21
  3. A fantastical design. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (fantastical design): fantasiakuvio (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-fantasy-en-noun-fBSRb8P8 Disambiguation of 'fantastical design': 0 0 99 0
  4. (slang) The drug gamma-hydroxybutyric acid. Tags: countable, slang, uncountable Categories (topical): Genres Translations (slang: gamma-hydroxybutyric acid — see also gamma-hydroxybutyric acid): gamma (Finnish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: phantasie [obsolete], phantasy [archaic] Related terms: fantasize

Verb

IPA: /ˈfæntəsi/, /ˈfæntəzi/ Audio: en-us-fantasy.ogg Forms: fantasies [present, singular, third-person], fantasying [participle, present], fantasied [participle, past], fantasied [past]
Etymology: Noun inherited from Middle English fantasie, from Old French fantasie (“fantasy”), from Latin phantasia (“imagination”), from Ancient Greek φαντασία (phantasía, “apparition”), from φαντάζω (phantázō, “to render visible”), from φαντός (phantós, “visible”), from φαίνω (phaínō, “to make visible”); from the same root as φάος (pháos, “light”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti, from the root *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”). Doublet of fancy, fantasia, phantasia, and phantasy. Verb from Middle English fantasien, from Old French fantasier. Doublet of fancy. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰeh₂-|id=shine}}, {{glossary|inherited}} inherited, {{inh|en|enm|fantasie|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English fantasie, {{inh+|en|enm|fantasie|nocap=1}} inherited from Middle English fantasie, {{der|en|fro|fantasie||fantasy}} Old French fantasie (“fantasy”), {{der|en|la|phantasia||imagination}} Latin phantasia (“imagination”), {{der|en|grc|φαντασία||apparition}} Ancient Greek φαντασία (phantasía, “apparition”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰh₂nyéti}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti, {{doublet|en|fancy|fantasia|phantasia|phantasy}} Doublet of fancy, fantasia, phantasia, and phantasy, {{inh|en|enm|fantasien}} Middle English fantasien, {{der|en|fro|fantasier}} Old French fantasier, {{doublet|en|fancy}} Doublet of fancy Head templates: {{en-verb}} fantasy (third-person singular simple present fantasies, present participle fantasying, simple past and past participle fantasied)
  1. (transitive)
    To conceive (something) mentally; to imagine.
    Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-fantasy-en-verb-s4hrAI2J
  2. (transitive)
    (literary, psychoanalysis) To fantasize about something).
    Tags: literary, transitive Categories (topical): Psychoanalysis
    Sense id: en-fantasy-en-verb-5Uvp00N8 Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychoanalysis, psychology, sciences
  3. (intransitive)
    To conceive mentally; to imagine.
    Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-fantasy-en-verb-Ttl3GuS5
  4. (intransitive)
    (obsolete) To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like.
    Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-fantasy-en-verb-bRRLNNrL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: phantasie [obsolete], phantasy [archaic] Related terms: cloud-cuckoo-land

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
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      "word": "dark fantasy"
    },
    {
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      "word": "fantasy baseball"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fantasy collapse"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fantasy cricket"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fantasy football"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fantasy land"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fantasy of manners"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fantasy sports"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fantasy world"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fantasy wrestling"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fat fantasy"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "high fantasy"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "intrusion fantasy"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "low fantasy"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "restitutive fantasy"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "romantasy"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "science fantasy"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "urban fantasy"
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          "expansion": "→ Armenian: ֆենտեզի (fentezi)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Armenian: ֆենտեզի (fentezi)"
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "be",
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Belarusian: фэнтэзі (fentezi)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Belarusian: фэнтэзі (fentezi)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bg",
            "2": "фентъзи",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bulgarian: фентъзи (fentǎzi)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bulgarian: фентъзи (fentǎzi)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "fantasy",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Czech: fantasy",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Czech: fantasy"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "fantasy",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: fantasy",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: fantasy"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "fantasy",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: fantasy",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: fantasy"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "fantasy",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: fantasy",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: fantasy"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ka",
            "2": "ფენტეზი",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Georgian: ფენტეზი (penṭezi)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Georgian: ფენტეზი (penṭezi)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Fantasy",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Fantasy",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Fantasy"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "fantasy",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: fantasy",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: fantasy"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "ファンタジー",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "fantajī"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: ファンタジー (fantajī)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: ファンタジー (fantajī)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "판타지",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 판타지 (pantaji)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Korean: 판타지 (pantaji)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ms",
            "2": "fantasi",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Malay: fantasi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Malay: fantasi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "fantasy",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: fantasy",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: fantasy"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "fantasy",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: fantasy",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: fantasy"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "фэ́нтези",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "fɛ́ntɛzi"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: фэ́нтези (fɛ́ntɛzi)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: фэ́нтези (fɛ́ntɛzi)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sw",
            "2": "fantasia",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swahili: fantasia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swahili: fantasia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "fantasy",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: fantasy",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: fantasy"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "แฟนตาซี",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "fɛɛn-dtaa-sii"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: แฟนตาซี (fɛɛn-dtaa-sii)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: แฟนตาซี (fɛɛn-dtaa-sii)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uk",
            "2": "фе́нтезі",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ukrainian: фе́нтезі (féntezi)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ukrainian: фе́нтезі (féntezi)"
    }
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        "id": "",
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        "nocat": "",
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        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
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          "text": "Try as hard as it can, empirical science cannot come up with a naturalistic explanation; it can only slip into fantasies that make scientists feel good because they are in harmony with their opinions, prejudices, and unconscious assumptions about the nature of reality.",
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          "text": "Firſt I phantaſied that if I liſt to take vpon me the crowne and imperiall Scepter of the realme, now was the time propice and conuenient.",
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          "text": "Which he doth most fantasy.",
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    "Terms with Thai translations",
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    {
      "word": "fantasy football"
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    {
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    {
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    {
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    {
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    {
      "word": "fantasy wrestling"
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    {
      "word": "fat fantasy"
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    {
      "word": "high fantasy"
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    {
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    {
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    {
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            "bor": "1"
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            "bor": "1"
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        }
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      "depth": 1,
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            "2": "fantasy",
            "bor": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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    {
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        {
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            "2": "Fantasy",
            "bor": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
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            "bor": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: fantasy"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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    {
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          "text": "Is not this something more than fantasy?",
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          "text": "A thousand fantasies / Begin to throng into my memory.",
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          "text": "The whole position was so tremendous and so absolutely unearthly, that I believe it actually lulled our sense of terror, but to this hour I often see it in my dreams, and at its mere phantasy wake up covered with cold sweat.",
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        {
          "ref": "1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 92:",
          "text": "Try as hard as it can, empirical science cannot come up with a naturalistic explanation; it can only slip into fantasies that make scientists feel good because they are in harmony with their opinions, prejudices, and unconscious assumptions about the nature of reality.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "That which comes from one's imagination."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "imagination",
          "imagination"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Literature"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "literature",
          "literature"
        ],
        [
          "magic",
          "magic"
        ],
        [
          "supernatural",
          "supernatural"
        ],
        [
          "imaginary",
          "imaginary"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literature) The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "literature",
        "media",
        "publishing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, chapter 7, in The Scarlet Letter:",
          "text": "Embroidered with fantasies and flourishes of gold thread.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A fantastical design."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fantastical",
          "fantastical"
        ],
        [
          "design",
          "design"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The drug gamma-hydroxybutyric acid."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gamma-hydroxybutyric acid",
          "gamma-hydroxybutyric acid"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) The drug gamma-hydroxybutyric acid."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "slang",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfæntəsi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfæntəzi/"
    },
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "phantasie"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "phantasy"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḵayāl",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "خَيَال"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "erewakayutʻyun",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "word": "երևակայություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "fantazia",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "word": "ֆանտազիա"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "fantázija",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "фанта́зія"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vyabražénnje",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "выабражэ́нне"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ujaŭljénnje",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "уяўле́нне"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "výmysjel",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вы́мысел"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vǎobražénie",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "въображе́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "fantázija",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "фанта́зия"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fantasia"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huànxiǎng",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "word": "幻想"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kōngxiǎng",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "word": "空想"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fantazie"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "výmysl"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fantasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "word": "fantasie"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "word": "fantazio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "word": "kuvittelu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "word": "kuvitelma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "word": "mielikuva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fantaisie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "imaginaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fantasme"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fantasie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Phantasie"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kalpanā",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "कल्पना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kālpanik",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "word": "काल्पनिक"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "word": "agyszülemény"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "word": "fantázia"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "word": "fantazio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fantasia"
    },
    {
      "alt": "げんそう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gensō",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "word": "幻想"
    },
    {
      "alt": "くうそう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kūsō",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "word": "空想"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fantajī",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "word": "ファンタジー"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kyōsō",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "word": "狂想"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "qiäl",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "word": "қиял"
    },
    {
      "alt": "幻想",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hwansang",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "word": "환상"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gongsang",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "word": "공상"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sangsang",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "word": "상상"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "pantaji",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "word": "판타지"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "kıyal",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "word": "кыял"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "somnium"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "fântezi",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "word": "فانتزی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xeyâl",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "word": "خیال"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fantazja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wyobraźnia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wymysł"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fantasia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fantezie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fantázija",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "фанта́зия"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "voobražénije",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "воображе́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výmysel",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вы́мысел"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fantázia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "predstava"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fantazija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fantasía"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fantasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "xayol",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "word": "хаёл"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "word": "ความเพ้อฝัน"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "word": "การฝันเฟื่อง"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "word": "hayal"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "fantázija",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "фанта́зія"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ujáva",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "уя́ва"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ujávlennja",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "уя́влення"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "výmysel",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ви́мисел"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "výhadka",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ви́гадка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "výhad",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ви́гад"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "word": "xayol"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "that which comes from one's imagination",
      "word": "fantaziya"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "literary genre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fantazi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "fantāziyā",
      "sense": "literary genre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "فَنْتَازِيَا"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "fentezi",
      "sense": "literary genre",
      "word": "ֆենտեզի"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "fantastika",
      "sense": "literary genre",
      "word": "ֆանտաստիկա"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "féntezi",
      "sense": "literary genre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "фэ́нтэзі"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "fantástyka",
      "sense": "literary genre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "фанта́стыка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "féntǎzi",
      "sense": "literary genre",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "фе́нтъзи"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "literary genre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fantasia"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qíhuàn",
      "sense": "literary genre",
      "word": "奇幻"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "literary genre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fantasy"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "literary genre",
      "word": "fantasy"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "literary genre",
      "word": "fantasia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "literary genre",
      "word": "fantasiakirjallisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "literary genre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fantaisie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "literary genre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fantasy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "penṭezi",
      "sense": "literary genre",
      "word": "ფენტეზი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "panṭasṭiḳa",
      "sense": "literary genre",
      "word": "ფანტასტიკა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "literary genre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fantasy"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "literary genre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fantastik"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "literary genre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Phantastik"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fantasía",
      "sense": "literary genre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "φαντασία"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "logotechnía tou fantastikoú",
      "sense": "literary genre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "λογοτεχνία του φανταστικού"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kalpanā",
      "sense": "literary genre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "कल्पना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kālpanik",
      "sense": "literary genre",
      "word": "काल्पनिक"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "literary genre",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fantasy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fantajī",
      "sense": "literary genre",
      "word": "ファンタジー"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "pantaji",
      "sense": "literary genre",
      "word": "판타지"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "literary genre",
      "word": "paki pohewa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "fântezi",
      "sense": "literary genre",
      "word": "فانتزی"
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      "sense": "slang: gamma-hydroxybutyric acid — see also gamma-hydroxybutyric acid",
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